If I'm feeling a bit uninspired with my creative journaling, I like to look through all of my supplies and find something that I haven't used in a while. I suspect many of us have some treasures lurking at the back of a cupboard somewhere, that really deserve to be used in our journals. I find that forgotten supplies often bring me new ideas and are such fun to play with.
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The "forgotten supplies" that I chose are Faber-Castell Gelatos. They are a kind of waxy crayon that is water-reactive. They're really beautiful and I have no idea why I don't use them more.
In my latest book, you can see how I used gelatos to add colour to this art journal page. They're a really versatile medium.
To create the sky on these journal pages, I selected three different shades of blue. I then started scribbling with the gelato in sections across the top of my page.
4. I then carried on doing the same thing with the other two blue colours, until I had
finished the sky area.
5. Next, I dipped a paintbrush in water and started activitating the colours in the gelatos. I
really like how the colours blend into each other, but you can still see the different
shades.
6. For the next step, I decided to use my first book for inspiration. I absolutely adore
adding doodles of little houses to my journal pages, so I thought these would be
perfect.
7. For doodling the houses, I used a Sakura Pigma Micron pen. These are waterproof pens
and are great for doodling and sketching.
8. Next, I scribbed with different coloured gelatos onto a ceramic saucer. I then dipped a
wet paintbrush into the colours and used them to paint my little houses.
9. Finally, I used the space between the sky and the houses to add a quote and my journal
writing.
I'm so happy with how cheerful the pages look and that I used one of my forgotten supplies. I do hope you will have a look through your stash and get creating too.
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If you would like to watch me creating these pages, then you can find the video down below. Thank you so much for being here and happy journaling, Helen x